Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says that no beheadings occurred in Sodong village, Mesuji district in South Sumatra, during alleged conflicts involving l

Slamet Susanto and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Yogyakarta/Boyolali – Representatives of farmers from 10 regions across Java, attending a two-day congress in Yogyakarta, pledged Thursday to

Noble mothers, wives and workers, with no troublesome demands – this is what Soeharto's New Order wanted of its female citizens. And every Dec.

Neles Tebay, Jayapura – Papua, under Indonesian rule since May 1, 1963, has been a land of conflict. It has to be transformed into a land of peace.

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives speaker Marzuki Alie defended the Rp 48 billion ($5.3 million) the government had allotted for leaders of the House

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women revealed on Thursday that this year saw more than 105,000 cases of violence against women.

Rizky Amelia – A former lawmaker involved in two different corruption cases said on Thursday that he did not deserve to be punished because his actions had a noble mission: building a m

Farouk Arnaz, Ezra Sihite & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang – The National Police released a video on Wednesday that they said proved villagers were the ones guilty of brutality in several

Nana Rukmana and Apriadi Gunawan, Cirebon/Medan – The Ansor Youth Movement (GP Ansor), a youth wing of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has prepared 2.6 million of its members to help secure Chris

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Graft defendant and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin made further allegations against his former colleagues on Wednesday, claiming that the p

Ardi Mandiri, Bogor – A group of people in Parung, Bogor, asked the local government on Thursday to close down a church built in a residential area, adding another religious dispute to

Arientha Primanita & Antara – Muslims students and clerics in staunchly Islamic Aceh on Wednesday came to the defense of the local authorities, saying that punks were trying to unde

Banda Aceh – Several community organizations issued a joint statement on Wednesday rejecting the presence of punks in Aceh and called on the local government to issue an ordinance that

Indonesian youths are nationalistic, a survey conducted by Genta Pemuda Indonesia Foundation says.

The Australian government has confirmed that it is investigating reports that an Australian-owned mining company was involved in ongoing Indonesian military operations in Paniai, West P

Timika – Workers at Papua's giant Grasberg mine operated by US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan have not returned to work, police in the Indonesian province said on Thursday, despite previ

Alex Rayfield – Human rights defenders in Paniai report that searches were recently carried out in the Badauwo, Geko and Kinouv area of East Paniai.

Jakarta – Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, the convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, will receive remission of 45 days to coincide with the upcoming Christmas hol

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party is expected to struggle over the next few years in "grooming" some of its members as potential candidates for the country's top j

Agus Triyono – The government is guilty of flouting dozens of its own laws throughout 2011, a leading legal watchdog said on Tuesday.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra – Residents of Mesuji district, in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, have difficulty moving forward without recalling the brutal kil

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Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Despite an improvement in female participation in the public sector, more effort is needed to fully end discrimination against women, with the government leadin

Ulma Haryanto, East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan – When the Constitutional Court dropped two articles from the 2004 Plantations Law back in September for potentially discriminating

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – A rights watchdog revealed on Tuesday that violations against workers' rights were still prevalent in Jakarta in 2011.

Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said that an amendment to the Labor Law would give more protection to employees working under outsourcing schemes.

Ambon – Officials say a passenger ferry with more than 150 people on board sank off the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.

Graft defendant and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has accused Democratic chairman Anas Urbaningrum of splashing out almost US$7 million to have votes swayed his

Ronna Nirmala – Former director of state power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Eddie Widiono, was sentenced to serve five years in prison by the Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday.

Jakarta – The General Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) has received 1,718 reports of poll violations in 92 local elections in 2011

The Hague – Widows of Indonesian men killed by the Dutch colonial army in 1946 and 1947 on Sulawesi island are planning to seek justice before a court in the Netherlands, their lawyer s

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – The Bogor church at the center of a major dispute that has highlighted growing discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia, on

Farouk Arnaz – An unidentified group of people set the Angkaisera police office in Yapen Waropen district Papua on fire and raised the Morning Star flag on Tuesday morning.

Alex Rayfield – Human Rights Defenders in West Papua accuse the Australian Government and an Australian-owned mining company, Paniai Gold, of being involved in ongoing military operatio

Ezra Sihite – Another ten islanders from Riau province have sewn their mouths shut during an ongoing hunger strike against Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper outside the House of Representativ

Anita Rachman, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Retired Indonesian General Saurip Kadi has said he is outraged by allegations disputing the authenticity of a video he says s

Jakarta – Residents living along Jl.

Lampung – Police on Tuesday said they sanctioned two police officers who shot directly at a crowd of people during a clash in Mesuji, Bandar Lampung.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Mesuji, Lampung – As their land dispute with a local plantation company remains unresolved, residents from Mesuji regency, Lampung, are struggling not only to make end

Jakarta – The National Police announced on Monday that more than 500 personnel were discharged from the force annually.

Pekanbaru – Hundreds of cleaning staff subcontracted to Chevron Pacific Indonesia rallied outside the company's premises in Pekanbaru, Riau, for a second day on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Migrant Care, a non-governmental organization (NGO) promoting rights of Indonesian migrant workers abroad, said that 32 migrant workers were on death row, while hundreds of ot

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – About 20 people staged a protest in front of the Indonesian Consulate General in San Francisco, the United States, on Monday in connection with the arrest of

Oei Eng Goan – This isn't the 1959 courtroom drama "Anatomy of a Murder." It was a real life tragedy that befell farmers in the Mesuji area in South Sumatra and Lampung provinces, where

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – More than five months after the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, announced she wanted to send asylum seekers to East Timor to "wreck the people-smuggling trade",

Fakhrurradzie Gade, Seulawah, Indonesia – Mohawks buzzed and noses free of piercings, dozens of youths march in military-style for hours beneath Indonesia's tropical sun – part of effor

Arientha Primanita – Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf said on Tuesday that police actions to re-educate punks did not violate human rights and instead showed government concern towards the p

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Wafid Muharam, 51, the secretary to the Youth and Sports Minister was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison for accepting bribes in connection with the ath

Jakarta – Antigraft advocates demanded on Monday that the Supreme Court accept an appeal request from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to convict Bekasi Mayor Mochtar Muhamma

Rizky Amelia, Anita Rachman & Ezra Sihite – In their first official day on the job, the new leaders of Indonesia's antigraft agency have proposed a radical merging of three key laws